NO TRUST IN BASEBALL; Clubs Vote Down John T. Brush's Scheme by 5 Votes to 1. LEAGUE A PERPETUAL BODY Election of Officers Postponed for Some Unknown Reason -- Hanlon to Stay with Brooklyn.

A knock-out blow practically was given to the pet plan of John T. Brush for a Baseball Trust yesterday, when the National League Presidents resumed their session in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. After an executive meeting that did not break up until after midnight Tuesday night, the baseball men were not particularly early in getting around in the morning, and the second day's conferences did not begin yesterday until nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

December 12, 1901

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